Water-cooler and refrigerator.



N0. 802,192. PATENTED 0GT.17, 1905 J. W. BROWN.

WATER COOLER AND REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.20,1905.

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JOHN WILLSON BROWN, OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

WATER-COOLER AND menu-rename.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17, 1905.

Application filed March 29. 1905. Serial No. 252,652.

To (til whom, it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOHN WILLson BROWN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State ofTennessee, have invented a new and Improved Water-Cooler andRefrigerator, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to improvements in water-coolers andrefrigerators, the object being to provide a device of this characterthat will be simple in construction, easily cleaned, and that willoccupy comparatively little space, thus particularly adapting it for usein dining cars, restaurants, samplerooms, and the like.

I will describe a water-cooler and refrigerator embodying my inventionand then point out the novelfeatures in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a watercooler and refrigeratorembodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fi 1.

The refrigerator comprises a casing 5, having a suitable door 6 at oneside and a bottom wall 7, which is slightly concaved, and at the centerof the bottom wall 7 is a removable cap 8, which supports a trap 9. Theopening closed by this cap 8 provides communication with the interior ofthe casing for a purpose to be hereinafter described. Arranged. abovethe bottom 7 is a ring-like plate 10, forming a support for therefrigerator, here shown in the form of a rack, consisting of inneruprights or bars 11 and outer uprights or bars 12. These bars areconnected at the upper end to an annular plate 13 and at the lower endto an annular plate 1 1, these plates 13 and 14 being perforated topermit circulation of air. The refrigerator-rack is designed to rotatearound the water-receptacle 15, and to permit the easy movements of therack it is provided at suitable intervals with outer rollers. 16 andinner rollers 17, traveling, respectively, in channels 18 19, formed inthe ring-like plate 10.

The water-reservoir 15 removably rests on the inner edge of thering-like plate 10, and it is provided with a cover 20. Also attached tothe upper end of the reservoir 15 is a cover 21 for the casing 5. Tomake a practically air-tight connection. between the cover 21 and thecasing, the said casing is provided at its upper end with. an annularconcaved flange 22 for receiving the bead 23 on the edge of said cover21.

Leading from the bottom of the reservoir 15 and out through the wall ofthe casing 5 is a water-discharge pipe 241, provided with a spigot 25 atits outer end, and the said pipe is connected to a nipple on the bottomof the reservoir 15 by means of a coupling 26. By removing the cap 8 aperson may insert his hand to release the coupling 26, so that thewater-reservoir may be removed. for cleaning. The water fromcondensation will flow downward onto the bottom 7 and thence into thetrap 9, and the ovcrl low therefrom will pass into a suitable vesselarranged underneath the trap.

By arranging the 'refrigerator-rack so as to rotate articles to becooled may be readily placed therein and on the ring-like plate 13, theice being in the water-reservoir.

Having thus described my invention, I claim. as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent" 1.. A water-cooler comprising a casing having anopening in. its bottom wall, a cap or closure for said opening, aring-like plate supported in the casing above said bottom wall, aWater-reservoir removably seated on said plate, a discharge-pipe havinga coupling connection with the bottom of the reservoir above said cap orclosure, and a rack supported on said ring-like plate and adapted torotate around the reservoir.

2. A watercooler and refrigerator comprising a casing having a door atone side, a concaved bottom for the casing having a central opening, aclosure or cap for said opening, a trap supported by the closure or cap,a ring-like plate secured in the casing above the bottom and havingannular channels, a rack, rollers supporting said rack and engaging insaid channels, and a water-reservoir removably placed in the casing.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN VVILLSON BROl/VN.

Witnesses ISAAC Lnwls, Jr., T. P. HUMPnnEYs.

